Legal Opinion
Tina Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, L. L. C.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 2016No. 14-30925PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COSTA, Circuit Judge:
This asbestos case requires us to once again wade into the thicket of improper joinder law. 13F Charles Alan Wright et al„ Federal Practice and Procedure § 3641.1 (3d ed.2009) (noting that the Fifth Circuit “embraces a number of district courts that in particular have seen a considerable amount of removal activity that has raised issues of fraudulent joinder”). It also affords us an opportunity to decide a question about removal procedure that district courts often face, but that we have not yet confronted: when a district court refers a motion to remand to a magistrate…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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